DC Comics took the world by storm, well more of a hurricane, when they announced Frank Miller would return for The Dark Knight III: The Master Race. As it turned out, he pretty much had nothing to do with the book, and Brian Azzarello handled everything. The mini-series dragged on with delays for months, eventually taking 20 months for 9 issues.

But fear not! The collected edition will be out in time for the Holidays, making the perfect gift for the uncle who already has enough red and black armbands. In the spirit of the Holidays, Warner Bros. will be running ads for the release of the collection, an unheard of thing to do in the comics industry, across TV networks including AMC, TNT, TBS, TruTV, Adult Swim, and El Rey.

"I wanted to give DC's readers a lump of coal like we do every time we publish a comic book," explained DC Co-Publisher Ebenezer Didio. "But then I decided that advertising a Frank Miller comic on television would be just as bad if not worse."

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About the Author - Tim Midura

Born in the frozen tundra of Massachusetts, Tim Midura has long possessed a love for comic books and records. After stealing the beard of Zeus and inventing the pizza bagel, a much more heavily tattooed and bearded Tim Midura has finally settled in San Diego. He's the world's first comics journalist who doesn't want to become a comics writer. Find him on twitter, facebook or by email.